Concordia Wisconsin’s Spejcher and Aurora University’s Glube
Earn NCHA Women’s Hockey Weekly Honors
Concordia University Wisconsin freshman Makayla Spejcher (F - Green Bay, Wis.) is the NCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week and Aurora University junior Tia Glube (G - Oakville, Ontario) is the NCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week honors, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Spejcher played a major role as the Falcons improved to a perfect 4-0 in conference games and 6-1-1 on the young season to pick up NCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors. Spejcher recorded a six-point (4G/2A) weekend against Marian, topped by tying the CUW program record when she netted four goals in a single contest during Friday’s 7-2 victory. She had a goal and an assist in the first period, added her second goal in the second, and finished off the hat trick at the 3:27 mark of the third before lighting the lamp for a fourth time later in the period. She then added an assist Saturday, helping her team draw even at 1-1 in the 2-1 decision.
Glube picks up her first career NCHA Defensive Player of the Week award after posting an unbeaten 1-0-1 mark over the weekend against Lake Forest to move the Spartans to 6-1-1 on the season. Glube shut out the Foresters by a final score of 3-0 in the series opener and then earned a 2-2 tie (Aurora then won in the shootout, 2-1) in the second game. She made an impressive 41 saves - 20 in the second period alone - in the shutout win, stopping all six power play chances for the opposition Friday. She then followed that up by stopping 18 of 20 sent her direction in the 2-2 draw for 59 total saves on the weekend. Her two-game performance resulted in a 0.96 goals-against average and a .967 save percentage.
2022-23 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Brooke Anderson, Marian
Anderson scored a pair of goals, one on the power play, to lead the Marian offense in a series against CUW.
Karmen Anderson, Adrian
Anderson finished the weekend with three points. She recorded a pair of assists on Friday night followed by one on Saturday. The Bulldogs went on to sweep the series against Trine during a 5-0 win and a 3-0 win.
Abby Edstrom, Marian
Edstrom made 25 saves and allowed just two goals in her first start of the season to close out a series with CUW. She finished the game with a .926 save percentage.
Casey Frank, Trine
Frank set a new program single-game record by recording 70 saves in her lone game of the weekend. It was the freshman’s third start of the season.
Ava Jaschke, St. Norbert
Jaschke led St. Norbert’s blueliners in a NCHA series sweep of Finlandia. Jaschke had three assists for three points in Saturday’s 8-0 win and had one goal in Friday’s 6-0 victory. Jaschke led a defensive corps that allowed Finlandia just eight shots on goal in the series.
Darci Matson, Aurora
Matson had four more points on the weekend, a 3-0 win which saw her score two goals and an assist and a 2-2 tie with the shootout 2-1 win for Aurora over Lake Forest.
Kathryn Truban, Adrian
Truban finished the weekend with four points including two goals on Friday and one on Saturday. Her first goal on Friday marked the first of her collegiate career. She also recorded an assist on the weekend. One of her goals came on the power play while another was marked as the game winner.
Annalina Van Hercke, Concordia Wisconsin
Van Hercke picked up two more victories in the net on the weekend with a .933 save percentage and 1.50 GAA, making 42 total saves against the Sabres.